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Storm Eta: Up to 150 feared dead in Guatemala landslide as devastating weather wreaks havoc

Up to 150 people are feared to have been killed in a landslide in Guatemala after Storm Eta lashed central America with torrential downpours. Many of those who lost their lives in the remote mountain village of Queja in the…

Typhoon Goni devastates the Philippines

Typhoon Goni (“Rolly”), the most powerful storm in the world this year, tore through the heavilypopulated centre of the Philippines over the weekend. Government reports show that at least 20 have been killed, though this number is likely to rise…

Super Typhoon Goni Now The Strongest Cyclone To Make Landfall Since 2013’s Haiyan

Photo Credit: weather.com Super Typhoon Goni made landfall with sustained winds of 195 mph in the eastern Phillippines early Sunday. This makes Goni the strongest typhoon to make landfall anywhere on earth since 2013’s Super Typhoon Haiyan, which also made…

MAGNITUDE 7.0 DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE

Subject to change Depth: 10 km Distances: 58 km SSW of Karabağlar, Turkey / pop: 458,000 / local time: 14:51:25.7 2020-10-30 18 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece / pop: 6,700 / local time: 13:51:25.7 2020-10-30

Man dead, daughter missing after landslide in St Andrew, Jamaica

A frantic search is underway for a teenage girl who is believed to be trapped under the rubble of her house which crumbled this morning in Shooters Hill, St Andrew in Jamaica amid heavy rainfall. Her father, who residents only…

Floods, landslides affect 3.6M people in E. Africa

At least 3.6 million people were affected by floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains across East Africa since June, the UN humanitarian agency said in a report Saturday. “Water levels of several lakes in Kenya and Uganda are rising,…

Landslide buries 22 army personnel at Quang Tri mountain in Vietnam

A sudden mountain landslide buried at least 22 members of an army economic group in the central province of Quang Tri early Sunday. The landslide hit an area of more than a hectare at around 1 a.m. Mountain rocks pummeled…

Flood death toll rises to 18 in Cambodia as over 25,000 evacuated

Flash floods in Cambodia have so far left 18 people dead and forced the evacuation of 25,192 people, Seak Vichet, a spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said on Friday. Tropical storm-triggered rains caused floods in 19…

Floods submerge 350 homes in Indonesia

Heavy rains in Tolitoli Regency in Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi Province caused flooding Friday in the villages of Silondou and Janja, according to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management (BNPB). A total of 350 homes were damaged and a bridge…